10 in 2010--The Journey of a Lifetime

Join us this year as we travel to Bulgaria to bring 3 children home to make our forever family complete. We look forward to what the future will hold for the dozen of us as a family. We are taking the road less travelled and it has many beautiful twists & turns along the way. Join us as we discover them together on this amazing journey to bring 3 children from an orphanage and make them forever part of the Boyd Bunch.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Really is a great time around here. Spring time! We love the weather during the spring in NC. Windows are open, flowers are starting to bloom and just the beautiful Carolina sunshine makes it all a-okay. School work can be done outside and lots of flexibility in regards to field trips. Took a few pictures recently. not many but some. Mind you, flowers are just starting to bloom so not the way it will look in a few weeks but still, pretty nonetheless.

This looks so much better today than when I took this picture last week. It's fuller now and all the new mulch is down.

A view of when it was starting to come alive with color. The dogwood now is beautiful.

A few of our azaleas.

Close up of the azaleas.

Our yard is a great opportunity for the homeschoolers to learn about plants and insects. Sofie is trying to catch a butterfly. There were around twenty flying around that day.

Just one of the many flying aorund the azaleas.

Another butterfly enjoying the phlox.

Phlox just starting to bloom. Need to take some more pictures.

These rose bushes are so veyr hardy. They are now bigger and are starting to bud! Remember, last year they produce roses from April till November! And now, it is surrounded by some new mulch today as well.

I am looking at the direct gardening site again to fill in some holes for the yard. I love color for sure and can't wait to add even more to the yard eventually. Should be beautiful in a few years and a yard will enjoy for years to come. The kids enjoy keeping it up though we all hate the weeding.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Today we went to Duke Neurobehavioral Unit. He has made progress and that's what we have to focus on. Not so much his level but that there is progress. He was classified as severely delayed. Now, moderate to severely delayed. Hey, it's progress in the right direction. They also want us to go to an autism clinic to have him dx'd. Though they also don't think he has it, it would help get him other services and therapies he desperately needs if he were 'labeled.' I'm not in a rush. Doctor did say he's doing well with us and that she thinks there should be some type of human rights violation in regards to Nate. Though I know his early life was not a good one, sometimes when I'm reminded of it, it hurts. I guess I just feel we all need to move on and that Nate is healing with us. I want to focus on that, not his past.

Nate actually did great at the appointment impressing her with his block building and puzzle attempts. Stopped to get fajita shells for dinner. While there, Easter candy was 75% off. Well then. Had to get Nate his favorite...cadbury egg. He loved it. Picked up two bags of jellybeans and one bag of peanut butter cups for the rest of us to share. Got home and teens went to a kick off at the church for an event they'll be participating in this weekend. Not a bad day. All are in bed now but Bojan who is catchign up on some school work. After Irina gets home from work, I'm going to bed! Early for a change. Ms. Bettie came over and made egg salad with the kids today. They said it was the best. Kind of feeling bad about that one. LOL. They love Ms. Bettie and goodness knows, we all love her cooking.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Easter was this past weekend. Saturday was busy with Miracle League, teens helping out at the church and then a church program. We also celebrated our birthday bash from last year out to eat. More on that later. Then of course the next morning the Easter Bunny came. We also had some dear friends come for Easter and had such a great time with them. No pictures from their visit as we were too busy catching up and letting the kids play.

This is a basket (yes, I forgot to buy a tub so laundry basket from upstairs it was!) filled for everyone. Socks, candy and pretty much all outdoor stuff. This is the time of year their outdoor supply gets replenished. From a basketball to bubbles, bug catching kit, ball catching items, sidewalk chalk, and much more. Even a chess game.

Sofie and Summer found their favorite item.

And they actually did good taking turns.

Two days later, tonight, we colored Easter Eggs.

Nik showing off one of his eggs.

Reni and Isabelle really getting into it.

More egg dying fun.

Summer and Sofie are loving it!

Some of our Easter Egg participants. Tomorrow, it's egg salad for lunch :) Was a wonderful, relaxing weekend filled with some fun and good friends. Couldn't ask for more.

Yes, we're still homeschooling here. All but Bojan are homeschooled. Currently, we're working on flowers/ photosynthesis for science & studying the constitution for history. Math is all over the map. Some are on addition, some multiplication some fractions, some geometry, etc. YOu get the picture. They go to a homeschool 4-H club which is what we have on Tuesdays. And, since my teens are studying government and such, they are members of a volunteer teen court. They also do youth group. Looking into sports this week actually. We also meet with other homeschoolers for activities like field trips and park outings.

At home, do projects from time to time as well.

Recently, the kids did leprechaun traps. This one is the girls.

This one is Alex's.

This one is Logan's. It is suppose to hang up and then there are shiny grapes underneath it.

We are doing a pizza unit study. Lots of info on Italy so the kids had to draw Italy and outline it in salt dough. Turned out okay I do believe.

We finally ended up having to put up a second computer. Too many need it. Hate that we had to crowd up a room w/ another desk but so be it. No choice at the moment. This will make some school work more productive to be sure. Plan to sand the old desk, paint and put new hardware on it. It's on that neverending to do list.

So, just normal homeschool stuff going on. Nothing really new. Sofie finished her preschool book and now I need to start her on kindergarten stuff. Wasn't going to do it till next semester but she's ready so we're going with it.

More to come in a bit. Just had a lot to do this evening so blog posts were pushed back a bit.

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I am a SAHM married to the love of my life, Warren. We have 10 children that have come to our family through the miracle of adoption. 6 came to us from Russia and 1 from Serbia. We have just finished our final 3 adoptions from Bulgaria. Now, it is to tell a story of adjustment into a family. The ups and downs of it all.